Word and World - Icons of Culture (Summer 2003)

Icons of Culture

Icons of Culture

Vol. 23, No 3, Summer, 2003
Publication Date:7/1/2003

Editorials

What Story Do We Live In?

Frederick J. Gaiser

Articles

"By the dawn's early light": The Flag, the Interrogative, and the Whence and Whither of Normative Patriotism

Gary M. Simpson

Celebrity Worship as Weak Religion

Deen Weinstein, Michael Weinstein

Christian Enthusiasm: Can the Olympic Flame Kindle the Fire of Christianity?

Wolfgang Vondey

Mickey Mouse as Icon: Taking Popular Culture Seriously

Bruce David Forbes

Pilgrimage to the Mall of America

Theology of the Cross and Popular Culture

Ernest L. Simmons

Toward Narrowing the Gulf between Sport and Religion

Shirl James Hoffman

We're Number What? Winning as a Cultural Icon

Mary Louise Bringle

Face to Face

The Church's Role in the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict: Call for Justice

Peter A. Sethre

The Church's Role in the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict: Preach the Word

Hans H. Wiersma

Texts in Context

Denying Self, Bearing a Cross, and Following Jesus: Unpacking the Imperatives of Mark 8:34

Matthew L. Skinner

Perspectives

Freedom, Blessing, and Safety: Icons of American Christianity

Reviews

Feminist Theologies for a Postmodern Church: Diversity, Community, and Scripture, by Shepherd, Loraine MacKenzie

Alice Maung-Mercurio

Listening Ministry: Rethinking Pastoral Leadership, by Hedahl, Susan K.

Richard M. Wallace

Matthew and Empire: Initial Explorations, by Carter, Warren

Preaching John, by Kysar, Robert

Redemptive Change: Atonement and the Christian Cure of the Soul, by Reno, R. R.

Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer

Revelation and the End of All Things, by Koester, Craig R.

Bruce David Forbes

The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, by Jenkins, Philip

Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialog, by Dyrness, William A.

Sarah S. Henrich

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